ARCA Plans First Aerospike Engine Space Flight

Credit: Demonstrator: ARCA Space
U.S. startup ARCA Space plans the first spaceflight of an aerospike rocket engine in August. The single-stage Demonstrator 3 vehicle will be launched on a suborbital flight to 100 km (330,000 ft.) altitude from Spaceport America in New Mexico. The flight will test the aerospike engine technology...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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